Purchasing Category Manager

prattinternalcareersite; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Pratt Industries is seeking a National Sourcing professional to support all US locations, secure and lead national procurement events for raw materials and consumed goods, and generate cost savings through material and process analysis.

You will manage RFI, RFP and RFQ activities, negotiate national contracts with suppliers, monitor pricing and indices, and collaborate with all US plants to ensure optimal total cost. Proficiency in SAP/ERP and advanced Excel is required.

Qualifications

• Strategic procurement and supplier negotiation experience; manufacturing environment preferred.
• Strong project management and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills for cost analysis and indices tracking.

Responsibilities

• Project Analysis – gather, organize, analyze and verify sourcing details.
• Analyze cost scenarios, savings and impact; identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Lead RFI, RFP and RFQ events; develop and manage national contracts.
• Negotiate national pricing with suppliers and monitor indices.
• Develop and implement sourcing and category management strategies.
• Collaborate with US plants to ensure lowest total cost.
• Ensure compliance with contracts, purchasing processes and material master controls.
• Communicate material master usage guidelines to plants.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Strategic procurement

SAP/ERP knowledge

Excel / data analysis

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Supplier negotiation

Listening skills

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

Job Purpose: National Sourcing: supporting all US locations. Secure, negotiate and lead national procurement sourcing events for raw materials and consumed goods onbehalf of the US locations. Generate cost savings through analysis of materials andprocesses to promote the overall health and profitability of the Corporation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Analysis – Utilize all resources to gather, organize, analyze and verify sourcing project details.
2. Analyze and calculate cost scenarios, savings and increase impacts. Develop ways to improve & drive all areas of cost reduction opportunities.
3. Lead RFI, RFP and RFQ national supplier sourcing/negotiating events. Develop & manage national contract agreements to support the plants.
4. Manage, monitor, track indices & negotiate national pricing of raw materials & consumed goods/parts with national suppliers.
5. Develop/generate and implement efficient souring & category management strategies.
6. Work very closely with all US plants and national suppliers to ensure our plants material needs are procured at the lowest total cost.
7. Spot research/monitor site purchases and payables to ensure processes, procedures, contract purchase and material master compliance.
8. Guide procurement of national items and communicate material master utilization guidelines to the plants.

Requirements

1. Strong project management, analytical & attention to detail skills, self-motivated.
2. Listening skills a must to allow rationalization of directional procurement to support the plants.
3. Strategic procurement and supplier negotiation experience. (manufacturing environment preferred with raw materials, consumed goods/parts)
4. SAP or ERP network knowledge preferred.
5. Attention to details; cause and effect outcome of those details across all domestic manufacturing sites.
6. Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office software (emphasis in spreadsheets, data entry & formulas) for cost analysis and indices tracking.
7. Possess ability to multi-task in a very fast paced environment.
8. Comfortable deciphering product specifications and working with figures.
9. Strong communication skills while sustaining relationships in stressful situations.

Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.
Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, paid holidays, and childbearing and parental leave.